Information about Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI)
Dear West London NHS Trust,
Please can you
1. Confirm whether your organisation applied to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index in 2021 (for 2022) (NB the index was suspended in 2020/21 because of Covid)
2. Give details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.
3. State whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
If the answer to 1 C) is yes, please supply:
4. Any application you made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
5. Any feedback you received in 2021/22 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme. This must include the priorities or objectives written by your organisation’s representative at the end of the feedback form.
EXEMPTIONS?
If your organisation is considering refusing to disclose feedback received as part of the Stonewall scheme by relying on section 41 (confidential information) and/or section 43 (commercial interest) of FOI, please note the recent ICO decisions IC-129040-Y4T2 and IC-125081-Q8J6 which rejected these reasons. Sex Matters has written a short briefing on these two ICO decisions: please see www.sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2...
Yours faithfully,
J Osborne
Dear West London NHS Trust,
I have not yet received a response to my request (sent 3 August). By law, you should normally have responded promptly and by 1 September 2022 (within 20 days).
Please would you acknowledge receipt of the request and send your response?
Yours faithfully,
J Osborne
Dear West London NHS Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of West London NHS Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Information about Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI)'.
My original request was sent on 3 August and a follow-up reminder on 12 September.
I have had no response to either comunication, despite the fact that by law you must respond within 20 working days.
If I do not receive a response within 20 working days of this request for an internal review, I shall refer my request to the Information Commissioner.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...
Yours faithfully,
J Osborne
Dear J Osborne,
Good afternoon,
I sincerely apologise for the delay in acknowledging your FOI request below.
Please be assured the appropriate staff member/team are dealing with your request.
I will notify you once I receive an update.
Kind regards,
Michelle
Michelle Benedetti
Information Governance Facilitator
West London Trust
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
Middlesex
Dear J Osborne,
Good afternoon,
I sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to your FOI request below.
Please see the responses below.
1. West London NHS trust applied for the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index on 5 Oct 2021 and on 28 Sep 2022
2. Total amount of money you paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.
Total spent £6960.00.
£3000.00 - Diversity champion membership
£3000.00 - Stonewall membership renewal
£960.00 - Empowerment training session
3. State whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
4. Yes we intend to continue membership of the Stonewall scheme in the future
If the answer to 1 C) is yes, please supply:
Diversity champion membership
Stonewall membership
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
5. Please see the attachment application made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including attachments or appendices to those applications.
6. Please see the attachment feedback received in 2021/22 from Stonewall concerning our application or programme.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal then please let us know by writing to:
Information Governance
West London NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Email: [West London NHS Trust request email]
Any complaints will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure. If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner using the following contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Michelle Benedetti
Information Governance Facilitator
West London Trust
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
Middlesex
Dear foi foi,
In your reply you state:
5. Please see the attachment application made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, including attachments or appendices to those applications.
6. Please see the attachment feedback received in 2021/22 from Stonewall concerning our application or programme.
Please can you advise where/how I can view the information that these two points refer to?
Yours sincerely,
J Osborne
Dear J Osborne,
Thank you for your email.
Please see the attachments as requested.
Kind regards,
Michelle
Michelle Benedetti
Information Governance Facilitator
West London Trust
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
Middlesex
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